Please note: many of these links will take you to the original posts on civilian-reader.blogspot.com – so don’t be alarmed if you go there. (I’ll be slowly fixing the links to the WordPress URLs over the next few weeks.)
Here’s a list of all the author interviews and guest posts that have been posted on the site, in alphabetical order. Just click on the name to be taken to the article. The list will, of course, hopefully continue to grow.
Enjoy!
(Guest Posts are indicated with an oh-so-clever “GP” afterwards…)
A.
- AARON, Rachel
- AARON, Rachel (GP – Why I Chose to Self-Publish My New Novel)
- ABDULLAH, Chelsea
- ABNETT, Dan & Nik VINCENT
- ABRAHAM, Daniel
- ADAMS, C.T (GP – On Inspiration)
- ADAMS, Guy (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- ALDER, Mark (GP – On Theon Greyjoy…)
- ALEXANDER, Rebecca
- AMBROSE, E.C.
- ANDERSON, Kevin J.
- ANDERSON, Poul (Excerpt – The Broken Sword)
- ANNANDALE, David
- ANNANDALE, David (GP – My Favorite Novel)
- ANGUS, Tiffani (Annotated Excerpt – Threading the Labyrinth)
- ARES, Michael David (Excerpt – Dayfall)
- ARNOPP, Jason
- ARYAN, Stephen
- ASHBY, Madeline
- ASHBY, Madeline (GP – How Do You Make Non-Humans Seem Human?)
- ASHER, Neal (GP – Building the Polity)
- AVDIC, Åsa (Excerpt – The Dying Game)
B.
- BAILEY, Catherine
- BAILEY, Robert (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- BAKER, Adam
- BAKER, Adam (GP – Trauma)
- BALLATINE, Philippa
- BALLANTYNE, Tony
- BALLANTYNE, Tony (GP – Do Writers Deserve to be Paid for Their Work?)
- BANGS, Elly
- BARA, Dave
- BARA, Dave (Excerpt – Starbound)
- BARCLAY, James
- BARKER, RJ (2017)
- BARKER, RJ (2020)
- BARKER, RJ (Annotated Excerpt – The Bone Ships)
- BARNETT, Barbara (2016)
- BARNETT, Barbara (2020)
- BARRY, Max
- BATTERSBY, Lee
- BEAL, Clifford
- BEAR, Elizabeth
- BEAULIEU, Bradley (2011)
- BEAULIEU, Bradley (2016, w. Rob Ziegler)
- BEAULIEU, Bradley & Stephen GASKELL (GP – On Co-Authoring Strata)
- BEAULIEU, Bradley (Excerpt – Twelve Kings)
- BEAULIEU, Bradley (GP – The Ties That Bind)
- BEAULIEU, Bradley (Excerpt – Blood Upon the Sand)
- BEAULIEU, Bradley (Annotated Excerpt – A Desert Torn Asunder)
- BECKER, Stephen (Excerpt – A Covenant With Death)
- BEDFORD, Jacey (2016)
- BEDFORD, Jacey (2018)
- BENMORE, James
- BENNETT, James
- BENNETT, James (GP – Behind the Scenes of Chasing Embers)
- BENNETT, Robert Jackson
- BENNETT, Robert Jackson (Group GP – Should you write what you read?)
- BENNETT, Robert Jackson (GP – City of Stairs & the Super Tropey Fantasy Checklist)
- BENNETT, Robert Jackson (Excerpt – City of Stairs)
- BENNETT, Robert Jackson (Excerpt – Locklands)
- BERGEN, Andrez (GP – Commix of Noir & Sequential Art)
- BERRY, Connie (Excerpt – The Shadow of Memory)
- BERRY, TJ
- BLACK, Sean
- BLAKSTAD, Matthew
- BOFFARD, Rob
- BOFFARD, Rob (GP – What to do if You’re Set Adrift in Space?)
- BOFFARD, Rob (GP – 64 Book Rap, Video)
- BOND, Gwenda
- BOWEN, Lila
- BOWLING, Nicholas
- BOWRING, Sam (GP – The Cliches of Prophecy’s Ruin – Original Ways with Old Cliches)
- BRABAZON, James
- BRACKSTON, Paula
- BRACKSTON, Paula (Excerpt – The Winter Witch)
- BRADBURY, Jamey
- BRANDT, Gerald
- BREAKWELL, James
- BREAUX, Kevin (GP – The Soul Born Saga)
- BRENNAN, Marie (2013)
- BRENNAN, Marie (2020)
- BRENNAN, Marie (GP – The Series Payoff)
- BRENNAN, Marie (Excerpt – Within the Sanctuary of Wings)
- BRENNAN, Marie (Annotated Excerpt – Driftwood)
- BRENNAN, ML
- BROADDUS, Maurice
- BROADDUS, Maurice (GP – Worldbuilding Pimp My Airship)
- BROOKS, Mike
- BROUNEUS, Fredrik (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- BROWN, Eric
- BROWN, Eric (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- BUCHANAN, Col (2011)
- BUCHANAN, Col (2016)
- BUCHER, Troy Carrol
- BUTLER, Octavia E. (Excerpt – Wild Seed)
C.
- CADIGAN, Pat
- CAIN, Sarah (Excerpt – The 8th Circle)
- CAIN, Tom (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- CALL, Justin T.
- CAMPBELL, Alan
- CAMERON, Miles (GP – How I do Research)
- CAREW, Leo
- CAREY, M.R. (GP – Writing Strong Women)
- CARRIGER, Gail
- CARRIGER, Gail (Group GP – Should you write what you read?)
- CARTMEL, Andrew
- CARTMEL, Andrew (Excerpt – Vinyl Detective: Written in Dead Wax)
- CAVANAGH, Steve (GP – Plotting the Perfect Murder)
- CAWKWELL, Sarah
- CAWKWELL, Sarah (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- CAWKWELL, Sarah (Group GP – Should you write what you read?)
- CERVENY, Catherine
- CHALK, Titus
- CHANDLER, David (aka David Wellington)
- CHARLTON, Blake
- CHARLTON, Blake (GP – Some Thoughts on Fantasy Series & Stand Alones)
- CHATFIELD, Tom
- CHESTNUT, Mark (Excerpt – Prepare for Departure)
- CHRISTOPHER, Adam
- CHRISTOPHER, Adam (Excerpt – Elementary: The Ghost Line)
- CHO, Zen
- CHOI, Susan
- CHU, Wesley
- CHURCH, Daniel (Excerpt – The Hollows)
- CICCARELLI, Kristen
- CLARK, C. L. (Annotated Excerpt – The Unbroken)
- CLARK, D. Nolan (GP – If We Met Aliens Tomorrow, Would We Notice?)
- CLARK, P. Djèlí
- CLARKE, Cassandra Rose
- CLARKE, Cassandra Rose (GP – My Favorite Novel)
- COLE, Myke
- COLE, Myke (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- COLE, Myke (Group GP – Should you write what you read?)
- COLES, Bennett R.
- COLLINS, Lee
- CONNER, Lesley (GP – Tips For Setting a Reading Goal)
- COOPER, Brenda
- COOPER, Brenda (Excerpt – Edge of Dark)
- COOPER, Elspeth
- CORMICK, Craig
- CORNELL, Paul
- CORNELL, Paul (GP – Stuck in the Middle with Sherlock)
- CORY DANIELLS, Rowena
- CORY DANIELLS, Rowena (GP – Confessions of a TV Series-aholic)
- COURTENAY-GRIMWOOD, Jon
- COURTENAY-GRIMWOOD, Jon (GP – We Know Goblins Don’t Exist…)
- COURTENAY-GRIMWOOD, Jon (Group GP – Should you write what you read?)
- COWAN, Gerrard (GP – Building a World on One Idea)
- COWAN, Gerrard (GP – On Writing and Completing a Trilogy)
- COX, Edward (2014)
- COX, Edward (GP – Writes & Wrongs)
- COX, Edward (2015)
- COX, Stephen
- COXON, Dan (GP – Writing During Lockdown; feat. James Everington, Tiffani Angus & Tim Major)
- CROWLEY, Nate
- CROY BARKER, Emily (GP – Language & World-Building)
- CUMMING, Charles (GP/Interview – A Colder War Mole Hunt)
D.
- DALGLISH, David (2017)
- DALGLISH, David (2019)
- DALGLISH, David (Annotated Excerpt: The Bladed Faith)
- DANSKY, Richard (GP – Writing Games vs. Writing Fiction)
- DART-THORNTON, Cecilia
- DART-THORNTON, Cecilia (Excerpt – The Ill-Made Mute)
- DAVIDSON, Rjurik (2015)
- DAVIDSON, Rjurik (2016)
- DE ABAITUA, Matthew (GP – Facebook & the First World War: The Inspiration Behind If Then)
- DE BODARD, Aliette (GP & Excerpt – The House of Shattered Wings)
- DE CASTELL, Sebastien (2014)
- DE CASTELL, Sebastien (2017)
- DE CASTELL, Sebastien (GP – Where Writers Get their Groove)
- DE JAGER, Mark
- DE PIERRES, Marianne
- DEAS, Stephen
- DEES, Cindy (GP – Reader/Writer Collaboration — The Wave of the Future?)
- DELPORT, Melissa (GP – Writing Dystopians – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
- DEMPSEY, Michael
- DEVLIN, Malcolm (Annotated Excerpt – Unexpected Places to Fall From, Unexpected Places to Land)
- DI FILIPPO, Paul (GP – Confessions of a Four-Color, Benday-Dot, Super-Deformed, Ultra-Compressed Science Fiction Writer)
- DICKINSON, Seth
- DIETZ, William C. (Excerpt – Redzone)
- DIETZ, William C. (GP – So You Want to Write Military Science Fiction?)
- DOERING, Sharon (GP – What I Ripped Off From My Life and Used in My Book)
- DOLKART, N.S. (Excerpt – Silent Hall)
- DOORE, K.A.
- DORRICOTT, Fran (GP – On Research)
- DOWNUM, Amanda
- DOYLE, Tom (GP – Going Global)
- DOYLE, Tom (GP – Writing a Trilogy — Lessons Learned)
- DOYLE, Tom (GP – Border Crossing: The Sixteen-Year Novel)
- DUNSTALL, S.K.
E.
- EAMES, Nicholas
- EBENBACH, David
- EBENBACH, David (Excerpt – How to Mars)
- EDWARDS, Graham (GP – Interview with the Gumshoe)
- EDWARDS, Patrick (Excerpt – Ruin’s Wake)
- EL-MOHTAR, Amal (w. Max Gladstone)
- ELFGREN, Sara B. & Mats STRANDBERG
- ELLIOTT, Kate
- EMRYS, D.E.M. (GP – Can there be such as thing as “Too Much Fantasy”?)
- ENGE, James
- ENTWISTLE, Vaughn
- ESSLEMONT, Ian C. (Excerpt – Assail)
- EVANS, Davinia (Annotated Excerpt – Notorious Sorcerer)
- EVANS, Leigh
- EVANSON, Brian
- EWING, Al
F.
- FARNSWORTH, Christopher
- FARNSWORTH, Christopher (Excerpt – Hunt You Down)
- FAYE, Lyndsay
- FAULKNER, Adrian
- FAULKNER, Adrian (GP – World-building of Four Realms)
- FIALKOV, Joshua Hale
- FIELDS, Helen (Excerpt – The Last Girl to Die)
- FINN, Alan (Excerpt – Things Half In Shadow)
- FITZEK, Sebastian (Excerpt – The Package)
- FLETCHER, Tom (GP – On Writing a Trilogy)
- FLYTE, Magnus (The Meg Howrey half…)
- FORBECK, Matt (GP – What is Brave New World?)
- FORD, Jackson
- FORD, Richard
- FORD, R.S.
- FORD, R.S. (GP – The Books That Made Me)
- FOWLER, Christopher
- FRENCH, Mike (GP – On Location)
- FROHOCK, Teresa
- FROST, Ronan
- FULTZ, John R.
G.
- GAILEY, Sarah
- GALLEY, Ben (GP – Fantasy in Colour)
- GARDNER, James Alan
- GARRISON, Nathan
- GAYLIN, Alison
- GAYLIN, Alison (Excerpt – If I Die Tonight)
- GEE, Emily (Excerpt – The Sentinel Mage)
- GILBERT, Elizabeth
- GILMAN, David (Excerpt – Shadow of the Hawk)
- GILMAN, Laura Anne
- GLADSTONE, Max (w. Amal El-Mohtar)
- GODDARD, Robert (GP – My Favourite Novel)
- GOLDEN, Christopher
- GOODKIND, Terry (Excerpt – The Children of D’Hara)
- GOODWATER, W.L. (2018)
- GOODWATER, Walter (2021)
- GREANEY, Mark
- GREANEY, Mark (Excerpt – One Minute Out)
- GREATHOUSE, J.T. (Excerpt – The Hand of the Sun King)
- GREEN, Jonathan
- GREEN, Simon R.
- GREEN, Simon R. (Excerpt – Mistworld)
- GREGORY, Daryl
- GRIFFITH, Brad (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- GRIFFITH, Clay & Susan (GP – How a Fourth Book is Really the Beginning of a New Series)
- GRIFFITHS, Matthew (GP – Should You Read What You Write?)
- GRIGSBY, Sean
- GRIGSBY, Sean (Annotated Excerpt – Ash Kickers)
- GROSSMAN, Lev
- GUDGION, Geoffrey (GP – Don’t Build Worlds on Your Doorstep)
- GUDGION, Geoffrey
- GUSTAINIS, Justin
- GWYNNE, John (Annotated Excerpt – The Shadow of the Gods)
H.
- HAIR, David
- HAIR, David (GP – Juggling YA and Adult Fantasy Writing)
- HAIR, David (GP – Making of the Prologue; and Excerpt from Hearts of Ice)
- HALDEMAN, Joe (Video – On The Forever War)
- HALEY, Guy
- HANRAHAN, Gareth
- HANSEN, Essa
- HARFFY, Matthew (Excerpt – A Time For Swords)
- HARKNESS, Deborah
- HARTE, Aidan
- HARTE, Aidan (Excerpt – Irenicon)
- HARTE, Aidan (GP – The Yesterday That Never Was)
- HARTE, Aidan (GP – Tower of Babel)
- HASTINGS, Brian (GP – Writing Games vs. Writing Novels)
- HAUCK, Michelle (GP – Conflict Drives a Story)
- HAY, Anthony (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- HAYWOOD, R.R. (Excerpt – Extinct)
- HEARNE, Kevin
- HEITZ, Markus
- HELMREICH, Joseph
- HENDERSON, Randy (GP – From Funny Book to Fleshy Series: The Finn Fancy Evolution)
- HENDRIX, Grady (GP – Childhood Inspirations)
- HENEAGE, James
- HERMAN, Ry
- HEULER, Karen
- HILBURN, Lynda
- HINKS, Darius
- HOBAN, Phoebe (Excerpt – Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art)
- HOFFMANN, Ada
- HOLBORN, Stark
- HOLBORN, Stark (Annotated Excerpt – Ten Low)
- HOLLOWAY, Wayne
- HOLM, Chris F.
- HOLM, Chris F. (The Wrong Goodbye Excerpt)
- HOUGH, Jason M.
- HOUNSOM, Lucy
- HOYLE, Trevor
- HULICK, Douglas
- HUMPHREYS, Chris
- HUMPHRIES, Sam
- HUNT, S.A.
- HUNT, Stephen
- HUNTER, Humfrey
- HURLEY, Graham (Excerpt – Last Flight to Stalingrad)
- HURLEY, Kameron (GP – Gritty vs. Classic/Traditional Heroes)
- HURLEY, Kameron
- HURWITZ, Gregg (Excerpt – The Rains)
- HUSBERG, Christopher
- HUTCHINSON, Dave
- HUTSON, Shaun (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
I.
- IRVINE, Ian (GP – How I Write, and How it’s Changed)
- ISLINGTON, James
- ITÄRANTA, Emmi
J.
- JACKMAN, Clifford
- JACKSON, D.B. (aka David B. Coe)
- JACKSON, D.B. (GP – The Challenge of the Middle Books)
- JAMES, Alice
- JAMES, Steven (GP – The Final Chapter of the Bowers Files)
- JAMESON, Hanna
- JARRETT, Vicki
- JENSEN, Danielle
- JEPSON, Duncan (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- JERNIGAN, Zachary
- JOHANSEN, Erika
- JOHANSEN, K.V. (Excerpt – The Lady)
- JOHANSEN, K.V. (GP – On The Last Road)
- JOHANSEN, K.V. (Annotated Excerpt – The Last Road)
- JOHNSON, Debbie (GP – Fantasy: It’s Not a Choice – It’s a Way of Life)
- JOHNSON, Kij
- JOHNSON, Tyrell
- JOHNSTON, Antony (Excerpt – The Exphoria Code)
- JOHNSTON, Cameron
- JONES, Howard Andrew (2011)
- JONES, Howard Andrew (2019)
- JONES, Howard Andrew (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
K.
- KAELIN, R.T. (Triumph Over Tragedy, feat. lots of other authors, too)
- KANG, Lydia (Excerpt – The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding)
- KANE, Ben
- KANE, Ben (GP – On the Romani Walk)
- KANE, Paul (GP – Heroes & Villains)
- KANE, Paul (GP – If You Like Servants…)
- KASHINA, Anna (2014)
- KASHINA, Anna (2019)
- KARPYSHYN, Drew (Excerpt – Chaos Unleashed)
- KATSU, Alma
- KEARNEY, Paul (GP – On Writing & Being a Writer)
- KECHACHA, Rym
- KECHACHA, Rym (Annotated Excerpt – To Catch a Moon)
- KEMP, Paul S.
- KEMP, Paul S. (Group GP – Should you write what you read?)
- KENT, Jasper (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- KHANNA, Rajan
- KHAW, Cassandra
- KHAW, Cassandra (GP – Everything is Exhausting…)
- KIERNAN, Celine (GP – Sweet & Dandy: Toots & the Maytals…)
- KILLJOY, Margaret
- KING, William
- KNIGHT, Alex (GP – Progression Fantasy: A Merger of Genres?)
- KOCH, Gini
- KRESS, Nancy (Excerpt – If Tomorrow Comes)
- KRISTJANSSON, Snorri
- KRISTJANSSON, Snorri (Excerpt – Blood Will Follow)
- KRISTJANSSON, Snorri (GP – “Don’t Worry – It’s Not My Blood” – On Tough Guys)
- KRISTJANSSON, Snorri (GP – “The Undertaking”)
- KROESE, Robert
- KROLL, Bob (Excerpt – The Punishing Journey of Arthur Delaney)
- KRUEGER, Paul (GP – Buffy, Books & Roleplay: On Childhood Influences)
- KUANG, R.F.
- KYME, Nick
L.
- LACHLAN, MD (2010)
- LACHLAN, MD (2012)
- LACHLAN, MD (2015)
- LAFFERTY, Mur
- LAKE, Nick
- LAKE, Nick (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- LAM, Laura
- LAMB, Alex (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- LAMB, Alex (GP – Writing Exodus, or: How to take on too much and learn to love it)
- LANDSMAN, Keren
- LANGLEY, Travis (ed.) Jim DAVIES (Excerpt – Star Wars Psychology)
- LANGMEAD, Oliver (GP – A Few Words on Mark Twain’s Mysterious Stranger)
- LANGMEAD, Oliver (GP – Deleting Digits)
- LANGMEAD, Oliver (Annotated Excerpt – Glitterati)
- LARSON, Rich
- LAWRENCE, Mark
- LAWRENCE, Mark (Group GP – Should you write what you read?)
- LAWS, Peter (Excerpt – The Frighteners)
- LAWSON, Mike
- LAZELLARI, Edward
- LAZELLARI, Edward (GP – Pushing the Envelope in Fiction…)
- LEBBON, Tim
- LEE, Corry L.
- LEE, Eeleen
- LEE, Fonda
- LEE, Mike
- LEE, Yoon Ha
- LEE, Yoon Ha (GP – Culture as Weapon)
- LEICHT, Stina
- LEIGHTON, Kendra
- LEMBERG, R.B.
- LINEY, Peter (GP – Seeds in the Desert)
- LINEY, Peter (Excerpt – The Detainee)
- LINEY, Peter
- LITTLEWOOD, Alison (Excerpt – The Unquiet House)
- LITTLEWOOD, Alison (Excerpt – Zombie Apocalypse: Acapulcalypse Now)
- LLOYD, Tom (2012)
- LLOYD, Tom (2013)
- LLOYD, Tom (GP – On Terry Pratchett)
- LLOYD, Tom (GP – Write what you know… even if that’s just being an idiot)
- LONG, Nathan
- LORD, Karen (Excerpt – The Best of All Possible Worlds)
- LORD, Karen (Excerpt – The Galaxy Game)
- LOTZ, Sarah
- LOVEGROVE, James (2012)
- LOVEGROVE, James (2016)
- LOVEGROVE, James (GP – On Age of Godpunk Novellas)
- LOVEGROVE, James (Excerpt – Age of Shiva)
- LOVEGROVE, James (GP – Pantheon Inspirations)
- LOWE, Helen (2012)
- LOWE, Helen (Group GP – Should you write what you read?)
- LOWE, Helen (2016)
- LU, S. Qiouyi
- LUCAS, Dale
- LUKYANENKO, Sergei (Excerpt – The Genome)
- LYLE, Anne
- LYLE, Anne (Group GP – Should you write what you read?)
- LYONS, Jenn
M.
- MACALLAN, Angus
- MACFEE, Jeff (Excerpt – Nine Tenths)
- MACKAY, Niki (Excerpt – The Lies We Tell)
- MACNAUGHTON, Laurence (GP – Five Books that Inspired Me to Be a Writer)
- MADSON, Devin
- MAJOR, Tim (Excerpt – Snakeskins)
- MAJOR, Tim
- MAJOR, Tim (GP – Genre Mashups)
- MANIERI, Evie (2012)
- MANIERI, Evie (2019)
- MANIERI, Evie (GP – Why I Write Fantasy)
- MANN, George
- MARESCA, Marshall Ryan
- MARMELL, Ari
- MARMELL, Ari (GP – Triumph Over Tragedy)
- MARTIN, Gail Z. (GP – It’s the End of the World as We Know It – Again)
- MARTIN, Gail Z. (GP – After Apocalypse)
- MARTIN, Gail Z. (GP – Anarchy Sucks)
- MARTIN, Gail Z. (GP – Saving the World – With a Little Help From Friends)
- MARTIN, William
- MARTIN, William (Excerpt – December ’41)
- MARTINEZ, A. Lee (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- MARTINEZ, Michael
- MASON, Rhonda (GP – On Wordlbuilding)
- MATTHEWS, G.R.
- MAXEY, James
- McCABE, Bruce
- McCABE, Bruce (Excerpt – Skinjob)
- McCARTHY, T.C.
- McCAUL, Kathleen (GP – Adventures in Authorland)
- McCLELLAN, Brian (GP – My Favorite Novel)
- McCLELLAN, Brian (GP – Protagonist Ages in Epic Fantasy)
- McCLELLAN, Brian
- McCLELLAN, Brian (Excerpt – The Autumn Republic)
- McCLURE, Melia (GP – The Delphi Room: Through the Looking Glass)
- McCULLOCH, Amy
- McCULLOUGH, Kelly
- McDERMOTT, Joe M.
- McDEVITT, Jack (Excerpt – Thunderbird)
- McDONALD, Ed
- McDONALD, Ed (Annotated Excerpt – Ravencry)
- McDONALD, Ian (Excerpt – King of Morning, Queen of Day)
- McGOWAN, Claire (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- McKENNA, Juliet E.
- McKINLEY, K.M. (GP – Whole Cloth Worlds, A Cheeky Cost-Benefit)
- McKINLEY, K.M.
- McKINLEY, K.M. (GP – Just Damn Write)
- McLEAN, Peter (2017)
- McLEAN, Peter (2019)
- McLEAN, Peter (GP – Grimdark or Grimheart?)
- McNAB, Andy
- McNEILL, Graham
- McNEILL, Graham (GP – BL Expo Canada)
- McOMBER, Adam
- MEALING, David
- MEANEY, John
- MEEHAN, Gary (GP – Why Female Leads in True Fire Series?)
- MERBETH, K.S. (GP – Why not Zombies…?)
- MERBETH, Kristyn
- MOHAMED, Premee (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- MOHAMED, Premee (Annotated Excerpt – The Annual Migration of Birds)
- MOLONEY, Susie
- MOORE, James A.
- MOORE, Scotto (2018)
- MOORE, Scotto (2022)
- MOORHEAD, S.E. (GP – Where do I get my ideas from?)
- MORDEN, Simon (GP – On Worldbuilding)
- MORDEN, S. J. (Excerpt – Gallowglass)
- MORECI, Michael
- MOREN, Dan (Annotated Chapter – The Bayern Agenda)
- MORENO-GARCIA, Sylvia (Excerpt – Signal to Noise)
- MORETTI, Kate (Excerpt – The Vanishing Year)
- MORGAN, Lou
- MORGAN, Lou (GP – The Details in the Devil)
- MORGAN, Lou (Group GP – Should you write what you read?)
- MORRIS, Mark (GP – New Voices)
- MORROW, James (GP – … On The Asylum of Dr. Caligari)
- MYERS, E.C.
N.
- NAPIER, William (GP)
- NAPPER, T.R
- NAYMAN, Ira (GP – Not So Secret Origins of the Multiverse)
- NELSON, Michael Alan
- NEWMAN, Dan
- NEWMAN, Kim (Excerpt – One Thousand Monsters)
- NEWMAN, Peter
- NEWTON, Mark Charan (2011)
- NEWTON, Mark Charan (2012)
- NICHOLLS, David (Audio Excerpt — Sweet Sorrow)
- NICKLE, David (GP – On Mind Control)
- NIJKAMP, Marieke (Excerpt — Even If We Break)
O.
- OCHSE, Weston (GP – Planet Jacked!)
- OCHSE, Weston (GP – Identify Motifs in The Goldfinch, The Catcher in the Rye and Life as we Know it)
- OKUNGBOWA, Suyi Davies
- OLDER, Malka (GP – Travelling in Both Directions)
- OLSON, Melissa F.
- O’REILLY, Jane
- ORULLIAN, Peter (GP – On Magical Worldbuilding)
- ORULLIAN, Peter
- OSWALD, James D.
P.
- PATEL, Carrie
- PATRICK, Den
- PATRICK, Seth
- PEARCE, Bryony
- PEEK, Ben
- PEEK, Ben (GP – The World Around Me, And the World Within Leviathan’s Blood)
- PEEK, Ben (Excerpt – The Eternal Kingdom)
- PENNY, Laurie
- PERCY, Benjamin
- PÉREZ, Kristina
- PHILPOTT, Susan
- PIMENTEL, Melissa
- PLANCK, M.C.
- POITEVIN, Linda
- POLANSKY, Daniel
- POLLACK, Rachel
- POLLACK, Rachel (GP – Whosever Touches the Tarot of Eternity…)
- POLLOCK, Tom (Excerpt – Our Lady of the Streets)
- POLLOCK, Tom (GP – Saying Goodbye)
- POSEY, Jay
- POWELL, Gareth L.
- POWELL, Gareth L. (GP – Think Like A Monkey)
- POWELL, Gareth L. (Excerpt – Embers of War)
- POWELL, Gareth L. (Excerpt – Fleet of Knives)
- POWELL, Gareth L. (Excerpt – Stars and Bones)
- POWERS, Tim (GP – The Magnificent Liar)
R.
- RABUZZI, Daniel A. (GP – The Fantastical 18th & 19th Centuries)
- RAKUNAS, Adam (GP – On Worldbuilding: Food, in Particular)
- RASNIC TEM, Steve
- REES, Rod
- REES, Rod (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- REILLY, Matthew (GP – Four Kingdoms and Twelve Labours: Turning Myths into Reality)
- REMIC, Andy
- REYNOLDS, Joshua
- RICCIARDI, David
- RICHARDSON, K.R.
- ROBERTSON, Al (Excerpt – Crashing Heaven)
- ROBERTSON, Freya (Excerpt – Heartwood)
- ROBERTSON, Freya
- ROBSON, Eddie (Annotated Excerpt – Drunk On All Your Strange New Words)
- ROCKWELL, Marsheila
- ROSE, Raymond (GP – A Hero You Can Relate To)
- ROY, Lauren (GP – In Praise of Ordinary Girls)
- ROYER, Amber (Annotated Chapter – Pure Chocolate)
- RUCKLEY, Brian
- RUOCCHIO, Christopher
- RUOCCHIO, Christopher (GP – Our Fascination with Genre Distinctions)
- RUTTER, Amanda – Strange Chemistry
- RYAN, Anthony (GP – Inspiration for Fantasy Authors)
S.
- SAGER, Riley (Excerpt – The Final Girls)
- SALMONSON, Jessica Amanda (Excerpt – The Disfavored Hero)
- SALYARDS, Jeff
- SANDERS, Rob
- SANDERSON, Brandon (Excerpt – Words of Radiance)
- SANTOS, Wayne
- SARIF, Shamim (Excerpt – Despite the Falling Snow)
- SAULTER, Stephanie (Excerpt – Gemsigns)
- SAULTER, Stephanie (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- SAULTER, Stephanie
- SAULTER, Stephanie (GP – Spreading the Revolution)
- SAULTER, Stephanie (GP – Transatlantic Regeneration)
- SAWYER, Jamie (GP – Coming Back: On Alien Races and Space Adventures)
- SCHNEIDER, F. Wesley (GP – Writing Novels vs. RPGs)
- SCHOEN, Lawrence M.
- SCHOLES, Ken
- SCHOON, Christian
- SCHULTZ, Jamie (GP – Influences & Inspirations)
- SCHWAB, V.E. (Excerpt – This Savage Song)
- SCHWARZ, Liesel
- SCOVELL, Adam
- SCULL, Luke
- SEBOLD, Gaie (2012)
- SEBOLD, Gaie (2016)
- SEBOLD, Gaie (2022)
- SERKIS, Andy
- SHACKLE, Mike
- SHACKLE, Mike (Excerpt – Until the Last)
- SHARP, Chris
- SHAW, Vivian
- SHEPHERD, Victoria (Excerpt – A History of Delusions)
- SHIMMIN, Graeme
- SIM, Tara (Annotated Excerpt – The City of Dusk)
- SINCLAIR, Colin (GP – Process Story)
- SKILLINGSTEAD, Jack (GP – Why I Didn’t Write My Novel in an Elevator)
- SKOVRON, Jon
- SKOVRON, Jon (GP – Progressive World-Building: Screw Restoring Order to the Kingdom)
- SKOVRON, Jon (Annotated Excerpt – The Ranger of Marzanna)
- SLATTER, A. G. (Annotated Excerpt – The Path of Thorns)
- SMITH, A.J. (Excerpt – The Sword Falls)
- SMITH, Chandler Klang
- SMITH, Gavin G. (2018)
- SMITH, Gavin G. (2021)
- SMITH, Sammy HK
- SMYLIE, Mark
- SMYTHE, James
- SMYTHE, J.P. (Excerpt – Dark Made Dawn)
- SNODGRASS, Melinda (GP – My Top Five Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels)
- SPARK, Anna Smith
- SPJUT, Stefan
- SPRADLIN, Michael P.
- SPRADLIN. Michael P. (Excerpt – Blood Riders)
- SPRING, Neil
- SPRUNK, Jon
- SPRUNK, Jon (GP – What I Learned While Stumbling Through the Looking Glass)
- SPRUNK, Jon (GP – Blood and Iron and Change)
- SPRUNK, Jon (Excerpt – Sun and Serpent)
- STABENOW, Dana (Excerpt – Spoils of the Dead)
- STARKEY, Paul
- STAVELEY, Brian (Excerpt – The Providence of Fire)
- STAVELEY, Brian (GP – Fire Lookout, Monk, Water-Skier, Teacher: The Best Profession for a Writer)
- STAVELEY, Brian (Excerpt – Skullsworn)
- STAVELEY, Brian (GP – Sex with the Clothes on)
- STEINMETZ, Ferrett (GP – How To Write A Fat Chick)
- STENSON, Peter (GP – A Letter to Readers)
- STERLING, Bruce
- STEVENS, Taylor
- STRAHAN, Jonathan (GP – On Editing & Writing…)
- STRUKUL, Matteo
- SULLIVAN, Mark (Excerpt – Thief)
- SULLIVAN, Michael J.
- SULLIVAN, Michael J. (GP – On Gritty vs. Heroic Fantasy)
- SULLIVAN, Michael J. (GP – History & Riyria)
- SUMAN, Defne (Excerpt – The Silence of Scheherazade)
- SUTTON, William (Excerpt – Lawless and the Flowers of Sin)
- SUTTON, William (GP – Bookshop Bliss)
- SWALLOW, James (GP – The Nomad Soundtrack)
- SWALLOW, James (Excerpt – Nomad)
- SWAN, Richard
- SWANSON, Peter
- SWETERLITSCH, Tom
- SWIFT, E.J.
- SWIFT, E.J. (GP – Inspiration in Translation)
- SWIFT, E.J. (Excerpt – Tamaruq)
- SYKES, Sam (2011)
- SYKES, Sam (2012)
- SZAL, Jeremy
T.
- TALLERMAN, David
- TANNER, Sophie
- TAVARES, Nathan (Annotated Excerpt – Fractured Infinity)
- TCHAIKOVSKY, Adrian
- TCHAIKOVSKY, Adrian (GP – Nine Books, Six Years, One Stenwold Maker)
- TCHAIKOVSKY, Adrian (GP – The Art of Gunsmithing – Writing Guns of the Dawn)
- TCHAIKOVSKY, Adrian (Excerpt – Guns of the Dawn)
- TCHAIKOVSKY, Adrian (GP – Looking for God in Melnibone Places: Fantasy & Religion)
- TCHAIKOVSKY, Adrian (GP – Eye of the Spider)
- TEINTZE, Breanna
- TEMPLETON, Patty (GP – Setting as a Character)
- THOMPSON, Arianne “Tex” (GP – Don’t Hold the Horses)
- THOMPSON, Ariadne “Tex” (GP – Living Large with Animism)
- THOMPSON, Sam (Annotated Excerpt – Whirlwind Romance)
- THORNE, Jennifer (Excerpt – Lute)
- THORPE, Gav (2011)
- THORPE, Gav (2016)
- TIDHAR, Lavie
- TIDHAR, Lavie (Excerpt – The Best of World SF, Volume 1)
- TIDHAR, Lavie (Excerpt – Neom)
- TINGEY, Sue
- TINGEY, Sue (Excerpt – Marked)
- TINGEY, Sue (GP – On Writing: I do it My Way)
- TOBIN, Paul
- TOMLINSON, Patrick S.
- TOMLINSON, Patrick S. (GP – Intro to Genre)
- TOWSEY, David (Excerpt – Your Brother’s Blood)
- TOWSEY, David
- TOWSEY, David (GP – When Reading Habits Become Writing Habits)
- TREADWELL, James
- TREGILLIS, Ian (GP – Origin of the “Gotterelektron”)
- TURNER, J.B. (GP – The 9mm Beretta)
- TURNER, Marc
U.
V.
- VALENTE, Catherynne M.
- VALENTE, Catherynne M. (GP – The Long Orbit of Radiance“)
- VAUGHN, Carrie
- VENABLES, Toby
- VILHJÁLMSSON, Alexander dan
- VILLOSO, K.S.
W.
- WAGERS, K.B.
- WALKER, Adrian J. (Excerpt – The Last Dog on Earth)
- WALLACE, Jon (GP – Writing Real Women)
- WALLACE, Jon (GP – Excerpt from Steeple)
- WALLACE, Jon (GP – Love and Hate for 4x4s)
- WALTON, David
- WALTON, David (GP – The Best Villains Dress in Gray)
- WALTON, David (GP – How My Daughter Reacted When I Made Her a Main Character in My Novel)
- WALTON, Jo (GP – Civilization & Libraries)
- WARD, Lucy (Excerpt – The Empress and the English Doctor)
- WARD, Matthew
- WARE, Danie
- WARE, Danie (Excerpt – Ecko Endgame)
- WARE, Danie (Guest Post & Excerpt – Children of Artifice)
- WAROM, Ren (GP – Finding Burroughs)
- WEEKS, Brent
- WELLS, Dan
- WEXLER, Django (GP – On Terry Pratchett)
- WEXLER, Django (2013)
- WEXLER, Django (2017)
- WEXLER, Django (2020)
- WHITE, Alex (Annotated Excerpt – August Kitko and the Mechas From Space)
- WHITE, Corey J.
- WHITELEY, Aliya
- WHITELEY, Aliya (GP – Five Old British Ways of Predicting the Future)
- WHITELEY, Aliya (Annotated Excerpt – Greensmith)
- WHITESIDES, Tyler
- WHITFIELD, Kit (Excerpt – In the Heart of Hidden Things)
- WHYTE, Jack
- WILDE, Fran (2015)
- WILDE, Fran (2016)
- WILLBERG, T.A
- WILLBERG, T.A. (Excerpt – Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder)
- WILLIAMS, Jen
- WILLIAMS, Jen (GP – Watership Down, Or The Film That Made Me)
- WILLIAMS, Jen (GP – Magic & Its Masters)
- WILLIAMS, Jen (GP – Unexpected Influences)
- WILLIAMS, Mazarkis
- WILSON, G. Willow
- WINNING, Josh
- WINTER, Evan
- WISE, A.C. (Annotated Excerpt – Hooked)
- WITCOVER, Paul
- WITCOVER, Paul (Excerpt – The Watchmen of Eternity)
- WOOD, Jonathan
- WOOD, Jonathan (GP – Living With the Consequences…)
- WOOD, Jonathan (GP – Videogames & Storytelling)
- WOOD, Jonathan (GP – Writing in the Devastating Wake of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- WORRAD, J. L.
- WRAGG, David
- WRAIGHT, Chris
Y.
- YANT, Christie (Excerpt – “The Revelation of Morgan Stern” from Wastelands 2)
- YOLEN, Jane
- YONG, Jin (Excerpt – A Hero Born)
Z.
- ZAHABI, Rebecca (Annotated Excerpt – The Collarbound)
- ZAN, Koethi (GP – How a Cult Tried to Get Me)
- ZERNIGAN, Zachary
- ZIEGLER, Rob (2016, w. Bradley Beaulieu)
- ZITO, V.M.